Investment Commitments In Turkish Merger Control: The Uber/Getir Decision And The Emerging Policy Turn

The Turkish Competition Authority's (“TCA”) conditional clearance of Uber Technologies, Inc.'s (“Uber”) acquisition of certain business lines of Getir Perakende Lojistik A.Ş. (“Getir”) is likely to become one of the most closely followed Turkish merger control decisions of 2026¹.

The transaction is important for two reasons. First, it may significantly alter the competitive structure of Türkiye's online food ordering and delivery services market. Second, and perhaps more importantly, the TCA appears to have cleared a transaction that may raise conventional competition concerns on the basis of a commitment package that includes a major investment commitment in Türkiye.

According to the TCA’s public announcement, the transaction concerns Uber's acquisition of sole control over Getir's online food ordering and delivery services business and online fast-moving consumer goods ordering and delivery services business. The TCA approved the transaction within the framework of the commitments